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UN:
BAN KI-MOON DONATES AWARD MONEY TO UN AGENCY HELPING SLUM DWELLERS IN
KENYA: 13/9/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
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UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@
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- 13 September 2007 – Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon will donate $100,000 he was awarded today by the Pony Chung
Scholarship Foundation to help a United Nations agency working to better
conditions in a slum in Kenya, a spokesperson for the world body announced.
Mr. Ban was recognized
by the Foundation, which was established by the Hyundai Corporation, with the
Pony Chung Innovation Award given to individuals who bring about innovative and
effective changes in the realm of politics, economics, society and culture.
“The award includes a
monetary prize of $100,000, all of which the Secretary-General has had
transferred to UN-HABITAT,” the UN Human Settlements Programme, spokesperson
Michele Montas told a press briefing.
“The money will be
used for skills training for poor youth in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, which the
Secretary-General visited on his first trip after taking office,” she noted.
During the January
visit to that slum – one of the largest on the African continent – Mr. Ban
urged residents not to lose hope and pledged to work harder than ever to
eradicate global poverty and other social ills.
“I feel very much
humbled by what I am seeing now. That makes me resolve again my firm commitment
to work for the improvement of the living conditions, education, water,
sanitation, housing – all these are the challenges which we must overcome,”
Mr. Ban said.
The Secretary-General
was selected for the award in December 2006 for his accomplishments while he
served in the Government of the Republic of Korea.
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